The Eastern Cree name for Hudson and James Bay is Wînipekw (Southern dialect) or Wînipâkw (Northern dialect), meaning muddy or brackish water. Lake Winnipeg is similarly named by the local Cree, as is the location for the City of Winnipeg.

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Hudson Bay (N.W.T. electoral district)

Hudson Bay was a former territorial electoral district, that elected Members to the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991. It was Abolished in 1987 when it became part of the Baffin South electoral district. The riding covered the entire Hudson Bay and the main community in the riding was Sanikiluaq in the Belcher Islands.